Terra /(?)/
Ter·ra
Terra
n.
- The earth; earth.
Phrases & Compounds
- Terra alba
- a white amorphous earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum, aluminium silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, as magnesia. It is sometimes used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies, paints, etc.
- Terra cotta
- Baked clay; a kind of hard pottery used for statues, architectural decorations, figures, vases, and the like.
- Terrae filius
- formerly, one appointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the public acts in the University of Oxford; -- not unlike the prevaricator at Cambridge, England.
- Terra firma
- firm or solid earth, as opposed to water.
- Terra Japonica
- Same as Gambier. It was formerly supposed to be a kind of earth from Japan.
- Terra Lemnia
- Lemnian earth. See under Lemnian.
- Terra ponderosa
- barite, or heavy spar.
- Terra di Sienna
- See Sienna.